latelenovela Chapter 165 Greenhouse (1)
Chapter 165 Greenhouse (1)
Today is a good day. Song Cenyue chose today for the house-warming ceremony as suggested by Zhang Shengjin and his wife, and invited the Zhang family, as well as He Xiaolu, Yu Jiahui, Xu Xiaopeng, Meng Jiang, and Su Dawei, who all had a good relationship with her, to come and warm the house.
At this time, housewarming was very popular in rural areas. People thought housewarming was a big deal and would choose a good day to warm up the house, invite friends and relatives to come to the new house, have a good meal, and add popularity to the new house.
Song Cenyue didn't know about the custom of housewarming at first. It is no longer popular nowadays, so she didn't know about it. It was not until Zhang Shengjin and his wife told her that her furniture was already in place and the house had been aired out and ready to live in, and asked her when she would hire someone to warm the house so they could come, that she learned the term "housewarming".
She curiously asked Zhang Shengjin and his wife what the housewarming was and learned that housewarming refers to inviting relatives and friends to a party when moving into a new house in order to increase the popularity of the new house and dispel the darkness and dirty air in the new house. It is also an activity to celebrate and increase interpersonal relationships.
Traditionally, there may be some bad auras in new houses, which can be dispelled through human activities and positive energy, bringing a positive energy field to the new home.
Song Cenyue felt that warming the house was a bit superstitious, but moving into a new house was a happy event, so she should invite people she had good relations with to come over and have a good meal.
She asked Zhang Shengjin to pick a day for her to warm up the house. Zhang Shengjin picked today, saying that today was a good day, so she decided to warm up the house today.
Because everyone had to work today, she asked everyone to come to warm up the house after work in the evening. After coming in the evening, they could play for a while longer and could play until very late before going back. If they came at noon and had lunch and sat for a while, they would have to go to work.
After work in the evening, Zhang Shengjin and his family were the first to arrive at Song Cenyue's new house. Warming up a house is a big happy event, so Zhang Shengjin and his family naturally couldn't come empty-handed.
"Cen Yue girl, this is the tofu I specially got for you. I wish you 'everything is rich'." Dong Jinhua handed the tofu to Song Cen Yue as soon as she saw her. "You may not know that in our greenhouse, guests will give tofu to the host, which means 'everything is rich', wishing the host to be rich forever." She said with a smile.
"You brothers, why don't you give the fish you caught to your master?" Zhang Shengjin, who was standing behind Dong Jinhua, shouted to his two sons beside him.
Song Cenyue looked at her two apprentices for review and found that Zhang Jianbo was holding a fish. The Zhang brothers took two steps forward and came to her. Zhang Jianbo handed the fish to her and said, "This is a fish that we brothers caught specially for you. I wish you 'promotion every year and surplus every year'."
"It is popular to give fish as gifts in our greenhouses, which means 'promotion every year and surplus every year'." Zhang Jianxing said with a smile.
"Thank you, you are so thoughtful." Song Cenyue took the tofu and fish. "Please come in and sit down." The Zhang family was still standing at the door.
The Zhang family entered the gate, and when Zhang Shengjin came to Song Cenyue, he took out a red envelope and gave it to her. "Cenyue girl, congratulations, I'm giving you a red envelope, I wish you all the best, good luck and peace, and prosperity in this house!"
"Uncle, you are too polite. Your family has given me tofu and fish, and you also gave me a red envelope. It's too much." Song Cenyue didn't reach out to take the red envelope immediately. "No need for a red envelope, I already have tofu and fish."
"Don't be polite. This is a little gift from your uncle. You must accept it... Besides, you taught my Jianxing and Xiaobo so many skills. It's only right that I give you a red envelope." Zhang Shengjin stuffed the red envelope into Song Cenyue's hand.
Recently she has been teaching her two sons how to repair tractors. She teaches them very attentively. Both sons said that if they follow her to repair tractors two more times, they will definitely learn how to repair tractors completely. Now they can already repair some simple ones.
"Girl Cenyue, please accept it. You're welcome." Dong Jinhua said with a smile. The Zhang brothers, Zhang Xiaoyun and Zhao Xiaomeng also asked Song Cenyue to accept it.
Song Cenyue could only accept the offer, "Thank you."
"Cen Yue, we also have something to give you." Zhang Xiaoyun and Zhao Xiaomeng said in unison.
"You also have something to give me, thank you! What is it?" Song Cenyue was a little curious.
"This is it." Zhang Xiaoyun took out a pair of new insoles and handed them to Song Cenyue. "We don't have anything good to give you, so my sister-in-law and I discussed it and decided to give you a pair of insoles together. Don't be disgusted... The one for the left foot was embroidered by me, and the one for the right foot was embroidered by my sister-in-law."
"Why are you complaining? I can't thank you enough. I was just looking for a pair of insoles, but I don't know how to make them. The pair of insoles you gave me is exactly what I need. I like them so much." Song Cenyue shook her head and smiled, looking very happy.
She reached out to take the insole, looked at it, and praised, "Your sister-in-law and your sister-in-law are really good workers. Both of them have good needlework and embroidered both insoles very well."
She was not being polite. Zhang Xiaoyun and her sister-in-law were really good at sewing. Both of these insoles were beautifully embroidered. Although the patterns were not complicated, they were simple and elegant. Zhao Xiaomeng's stitches were a little finer.
She reached out and pinched it. The insole was very soft and should be very comfortable to wear in shoes.
Recently she really wanted a pair of insoles, as they would make wearing shoes more comfortable. But as she just said, she didn't know how to make them, so she could only buy them. She planned to buy them, but she was too busy recently and had no time. Unexpectedly, her aunt and sister-in-law gave her insoles, and this gift was very much to her liking.
When Zhang Xiaoyun and Zhao Xiaomeng heard that she was looking for insoles and saw how much she liked them, they smiled happily and thought that they had made the right gift.
"Originally we were thinking of giving you greenhouse gifts. It's popular to give tofu, fish, and bean sprouts. We thought about giving you bean sprouts, but our mother said that you are still a girl and we can't give you bean sprouts. We discussed it and decided to give you insoles instead." Zhang Xiaoyun smiled at Song Cenyue.
"Why can't you give me bean sprouts since I'm a girl?" Song Cenyue looked at Dong Jinhua curiously.
"Giving bean sprouts means wishing the homeowner many children and grandchildren. You are still a virgin and haven't married yet, so it is definitely not appropriate to give you bean sprouts." Dong Jinhua said with a smile.
"It's indeed not suitable to sit here. Uncle, aunt, Brother Zhang, Xiaomeng, Xiaobo, Xiaoyun, don't stand outside the house. Come inside and sit down." Song Cenyue nodded with a smile. She found that everyone was standing in the yard and had not entered the house yet. She quickly invited the whole Zhang family to come in and sit down.